Peter Handke

Writer, Actor, Director

December 6, 1942 (83 years)
Peter Handke (born 6 December 1942, in Griffen, Austria) is an avant-garde Austrian novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 2019, Handke was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience."

Known For

  • Wings of Desire
    Wings of Desire
  • City of Angels
    City of Angels
  • Wrong Move
    Wrong Move
  • The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
    The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
  • The Left-Handed Woman
    The Left-Handed Woman
  • The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
    The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

Filmography

2016
1998
City of Angels · as Original Film Writer
1992
The Absence · as Novel
1987
Wings of Desire · as Screenplay
1977
1975
Wrong Move · as Screenplay

2016
1974
Alice in the Cities · as Man At Chuck Berry Concert (uncredited)